Update, I have surgery scheduled for Monday.

[ROYC75]

WOW, talking about painful, they got me in there at 2:30 PM, released me at 9:30 PM. My goodness, I feel like I was wacked in the gut and crotch with a ball bat.

GOOD NEWS ! The doctor told me that if she was a betting woman, I had about a 5% chance of this coming off OK, puting in the stents on both kidneys. She was pretty much prepaired to do the tube in the back with a drainage tube and bag. Got lucky, she said it was tough but was able to pull it off. Hurts like hell to sit up now and piss, I'm not going to stay on here too long.

Now we get to wait for awhile to figure how to get them out!

Thanks all for the support ,prayers and wishes......... Means alot to the big guy upstairs.

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On the 9th of Jan, I awoke to a rather large pain that reminded me of kidney stones. When I went to piss, there it was, dark black cherry piss.

Took my usual kidney meds, drank alot of water hoping to pass this bitch, but never did. I finally went to the hospital on the 12th and they told me I had a kidney infection along with 4 stones, 3 on the left and 1 whopper on the right. The smaller ones can pass, the one is 15 cm.

Went to an urologist on Tuesday the 15th when she broke the bad news about how big it was and how serious it was. It is lodged in the opening of the kidney and the ureter tube. After having a heart attack, they needed some time to figure out how to attack this new found problem I have.

Went back to the doctor's office today 01/24, both of them and done my pre-op work.Dr Mufti, my heart doctor will not sign off on the blood thinners and some of the meds for the fear of the stent coming loose and me having a massive heart attack. This can be a serious problem if things don't go well with the surgery on Monday. He was really not wanting to sign off on the 2 day layoff just for this procedure Monday, but as long as I get the it back into my blood stream by Monday afternoon, I should be OK.

Maybe some good news, I felt some pain in my right kidney this past week, this tells Dr D'Amico that the kidney is not dead, but hasn't ruled out the possibility of some damage to it.

Now for Monday,they are going to go in a try to install a stent on each side, in the ureter tube. It runs fron the bladder to the kidney and the plan is to use it to open the passage of the blocked right kidney stone at the opening of the ureter tube and the kidney. If this works, I will have to have the stent replaced every 3 months or until the doctor will sign off of the blood thinners long enough to do the removal of the stones. He isn't willing to sign off on that unless it's a life or death situation. This could well be at least a year and could be longer, which means I will have these bad puppies for sometime. The removal of the stones can cause alot of bleeding from the blood thinners. I will have to come in for regular tuneup ( not an oil change ) , just like a car, every 3 months or 15,000 trips to the bathroom .

Now if the stent doesn't work ? They want to go thru the backside with a drainage tube into the kidney, meaning I will wear a bag. Again, same thing, it could be a year or more before they come out. The next problem is if they will even install the tube due to the blood thinners I am on. There is some concern of the kidney bleeding too much during this procedure.

I don't know what the next course of action would consist of. The assistant I spoke with today said it was just bad luck this happen so close to the heart attack that it does produce alot of complications.

Either way, it appears I get to keep these little boogers for awhile, either way they choose to go with the opening of the right kidney.

One doctor is afraid of losing the heart, the other is afraid of losing a kidney. Me ? I'm just stuck in limbo and wanting some relief of pain and stress of it all.

I do not know what time the surgery is on Monday, they will call us sometime on Friday to tell us. If all goes well with the stent ( keeping fingers crossed ), I will be home Monday afternoon. If they are able to do the tube into the kidney with a drainage bag, I will probally spend a night in the hospital and goe thru this same procedure every 3 months.

Again, if this doesn't take care of it, I'm not sure what the next step is .

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UPDATE ON THE SURGERY

2:00 PM I have to check in at 11:30 am for the setup.

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[madshaw16]

I work for a company that rents lasers to doctors and hospitals. I'm in surgery for kidney stones at least once a week. All I know is that I don't ever want to get one. Good luck with that.

[Buck]

Good Luck Roy

[Groves]

ouch, and bummer. Getting pinched between two medical needs is no fun.

I say go with your heart on this one.

[Sfeihc]

good luck and here's to a speedy recovery, ROYC.

[kstater]

Good luck Roy. Hope it turns out well.

[bogey]

Bummer. I hope everything works out for the best. Hang in there.

[BigVE]

Good luck to you bro. Whew.

[Otter]

Give 'em hell Roy, when you get back check in and let us know how you're doing.

[Eleazar]

Good luck man, I'm sure CP will be thinking about you. (Chiefsplanet...probably not Carl Peterson)

[mikey23545]

Good luck, you tough old coot.

God knows you have had your share of misfortune.

[pr_capone]

Jeez.... best of luck with that Roy.

[Extra Point]

Like the quiet Beatle once said:

"All Things Must Pass"

[Skip Towne]

Damn Roy! I thought they had a machine that would smash kidney stones into a million pieces. Where do they come from anyhow?

[philfree]

Bummer Dude! How does this effect your draft status?

PhilFree